Ukrainian refugees in Poland: a surprising integration!

Ukrainian refugees in Poland: a surprising integration!

In the shadow of the Russian war of aggression on Ukraine, more than 1.5 million Ukrainian citizens have now sought refuge in Poland. Almost 988,000 of them are officially registered as war refugees, as a representative of the Polish Ministry of the Interior announced. This number has been growing continuously since June. Few men are among the refugees from Ukraine because the majority consists of women who usually have to take on work under their qualifications. The Polish government offers the Ukrainians some social benefits, such as child benefit and access to the health and education system, but no basic security, such as The image of Ukrainian migration in Poland has changed a lot since recent years. Before the war, around 1.5 million Ukrainians lived in the country. Many of them have also settled due to improved labor migration since 2013. The new Polish government under Donald Tusk, who has been in office since December 2023, is less confrontative towards the EU, but adheres to a restrictive asylum policy. The election campaign for the upcoming European elections will be strongly shaped by migration issues, whereby the citizens' coalition is on the one hand relaxing EU politics, but at the same time pursuing a similar restrictive line as the previous government. In view of the current migration situation, this is of central importance, since the debate about the redistribution of refugees in the EU is still controversial, such as Media service Integration shown.